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SkA1ING SONG,

Oh, come on the ice with me to night
'Tis smooth as polished crystal sheet,
The moon is at full, and by its light
We dance to the ring of steel-clad feet;
And we laugh-ha! hal
And We shout-ho, ho!
While swift as swallows flight we 60.
Oh not in the close and crowded rink,
With hundreds of staring eyes to see,
And justled aad tripped, with click and
clink,
But out on the river. broad and free:
And we laugh-ha! ha!
And we shout-ho! ho!
While swift as swallows flight We go
Then on with your blades of POLISHED steel,
As keen as the mowers whettod scythe.
And firm as the sole from toe to heel,
They ring DER the ice with music blihe;
And we laugh-ha ha!
And we shout-ho! ho
While swift as swallows flight we 60.
Around and around, or right or left.
In sweeping and graceful curves we
play,
Or straight as tue line by arrow cleft
We speed on our course for miles away:
And we laugh-ha! ha!
And we Shout-ho! ho.
While swift as a swallows (light we 60.
And oh, for the glow on brow aul cheek,
The tin lie and thrill OF fresh, keen air;
1t brings Us the vigor aud health We seek,
And purest Of pleasure, free from care:
And we laugh-ha! ha!
And we shout-ho! ho
While swift as a swallows flight we CO.
D. ". Browneu in Youths Companion
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Winter Work in the Orchard.


When the farmer is drawing out man
ure from his yards to spread it where 1t
will do the most good, the orchard should
not be forgotten. A frequent mistake is
made by forgetting that the orchard is a
permanent crop which pays well Tor
good treatment, and that the failure to
recompense the owner is mostly due to
his glect of his fruit trees. just now'
too, it will repay we'll the trouble taken
to secure the trees against injury by rab,
bits and mice, and also by hogs and
sheep which may have the run of the
orchard. To wrap the trees with old
newspapers and tie these securely will
be safeguard against the rabbits and
mice, but hogs and sheep should never be
permitted in an orchard except when
the wormy fruit is falling, and then they
will do good service and will not injure
the bark. .-New York Times.
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The Age Of Man.

The soldiers age is courage;
The shopmans age is till-age;
Tho gambler age Is cribb-age;
The doctors age is piIl-a5e;
The travellers age is luggage;
The lovers age is cottage;
The lawyers age is dam age;
The preachers a g is verb age;
The drunkards age is rumm.age;
The cook S age must be pott-age;
The Germans age Is sausage;
But the b st aud worst is mlrri-age!
It'd Bits.
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We now come to DR.. Tanner, the Amen,
can physician, who in 1880 commenced
his fast of forty days duration. He ap.
parently completed this, and was stated
to have benefited to the extent of e25,.
900 by it as commercial speculation.
Pail HALL Gazette.
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The amount of money in the Uniteo
States, exclusive of copper and nickel,
was recently estimated at s. s,3eO,0 !
IN gold, $50, .,7s4,23S in silver, and
S 80, ooO,O 900 in paper; total, $l,4S
l0l,25
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No. /, Not No. 2, Well
fartili1ad fprtili7ed.
Total 81 so

Total. ............ 81 oU OLD %
The unmanured acre produces fifteen
bushels at cost Of $3.50, or 81 cents
per bushel. At 80 cents per bushel the
crop would bring $12, leaving a profit
of S4.2U. The manured acre produces
forty bushels at cost of $1C.95, or 42.5
cents per bushel. At the price named
the crop would bring $32, leaving bal
ance of s15, or profit of nearly three
hundred per cent greater than in the
6rst instance. Nor is this all; the crop
of fifteen bushels makes straight hole
into the capital stock of the farm; that
is, its stored fertility. 1t is like selling
off corner of the farm for current ex-
penses. The manured land, on the con-
trary, is as sound as ever, and is in some
respects like its owner, little richer.-
Cincinnati Commercial.
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Cost Of an Acre Of Wheat.
A contemporary indicates the cost of
an acre of wheat under two separate sys-
TENS, viz:
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H.
record of woman of Cologne, who lived
for seven weeks only on water. 1t IS
said that Democritus lived to the age Of
1Os wears. and that in the latter part of
his life, for forty days, he lived on
smelling honey and hot bread. Raulin
relate another case where fifty-two days
of fasting took place on water alone.
The Me zeal Gazette for July, 1888, con
tains two remarkable instances; one of
these, o patient, is stated to have lived
six years without swallowing any food,
the mouth being occasionally mois-
tened with water, tea or whey,
which was not swallowed, but spat
out. In the other case, which
was originally recorded by Professor
Ricei, of Turin, n inability to take food
existed for three years. There are many
traditions in all histories relating to the
means employed by various individuals
to support life during danger and priva-
tion. The Indians of Asia and America,
when they are bound for long journey
whe:e G there is a possibility of such a
state OF affairs e listing, prepare them
selves for emergencies as follows: They
mix the Juice Of tobacco with powdered
she Is in the form of small balls, which
thew retain in their mouths. The grad
ual solution serves to counteract the un.
cay craving for food, it having been
proved by experiment that clay intro
duced into the stomach relieves hunger
In 10 woman living at Yarmouth
created considerable excitement and
amalement in the world. She was re.
norted to have lived for sewn years and
a half without tasting food, her lips only
moistened with water.
The manuscript department at the
British Museum contains aquaint descrip-
tion of the flsting of Jane Hodges. she
lived in the year 1869. She suffered
from hy,t~rical aphonia and neither ate
nor drank for nine weeks, so it is report
ed. She was under delusion, and
stated that "she tasted for the sins of
the people, and that she was the savior
of the nations" She ultimately recov-
cred and touk food. In 1870 We read of
the Lancashire fasting girl" Ellen Sud-
worth, aged ele en-. This is. however,
not one of clear abstaining from solid
food, as she lived on liquids and soups.
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HOUSE.
Unfounded Rumors.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Rumors circulated
thick and fast this morning to the effect
that Mayor Hewitt was dead. Mr.. Berry,
the Mayors secretary, received word about
IL o'clock that the Mayor was not dead, but
was slightly improved this morning. Police
Superintendent Murray telegraphed to Mr..
Hewitt's house for information, and was
told that Mr.. Hewitt was much better this
morning and was able to sill up. How the
rumors OF his death got abroad il a matter
Of conjecture.
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OFFICIAL.
EoARp OF ALDERMEN

At regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen
held January II, 1887, there were present
Messrs. Moore, Strauss Marbury, Bryant aud
Lesdbeater.
In the absence of the President, Dir. Marbury
was called to the chair.
The Committee on Streets reported favorably
on the petition of F. Paff asking permission tC
build frame stable in the rear of his house Oh
Patrick street: also report on the resolution il
regard to the cast end of the tunnel also favor.
able report on the petition Of +. Il. Corbett to
have the curb set and gutter paved from jamie
sons alley to Queen street and also III favor OF
extending the work on Queen street in front OF
Mrs. Kells property.
A communication from the Mayor enclosing 8
letter from J. II. Parrott agent of the American
Coal Company, was received and read, aud so
much as refers TO the wharf of the said company
was referred to the Finance Committee, and so
much as refers to the pc ice was referred to the
Committee on General Laws, and so much as re-
fers to the suit of the United States vs.. the city
was referred to special committee of two from
each board IN conjunction with the Mayor with
power to act, and Messrs. Bryant snd Strauss ap
pointed on the part of this board.
bill of J. Entwisle, jr, $i096, for medicine,
was ordered to be paid.
An act to increase the salary of the Superin.
tendent of Gas was read and referred to the Com
mittee on Finance.
bill of II. w. Newly for services at sewer
also resolution appropriating $40 to pay a
judgment in favor of J. w. Green, were received
from the Common Council and their ton con-
Cured in.
The Board then adjourned.
Testc: JNo. J. JAMESON, Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND La
BoR.-The House of Representatives, yester-
day by a vote of 222 to &c passed the bill
creating department. of agriculture and
labor. The bill provides that there shall be
at the seat of government an executive de.
partment to be known as the Department
Of Agriculture and Labor, under the con-
troll of secretary of agriculture and labor
and an assistant secretary. There shall be
in the department division which shall be
under the charge of commissioner of labor,
who shall receive salary of $1,000 year,
and whose>duty it shall be to collect infor-
nation upon the subject of labor, &c. The
secretary is empowered TO inquire intoo the
causes OF discomfort which may exist be-
tween employers and employees.
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Coupons and License Taxes.
The Governor yesterday wrote the follow.
ing letter to the Commonwealth Attorney
of Richmond:
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,


RICHMOND. VA, January IL, 1887.
Dear Sir,-Upon examining the I'd sec.
ton of chapter XVI. Of the Acts of 1S77-'7S
page 333. I find that IAN information may
be filed upon complaint in writing veri.
fed by the oath of a competent witness. l
am informed that the Judge of the Hastings
Court of this city has instructed the grand
;uries not to find indictments against parties
who have rendered coupons in payment OF
license taxes.
would like to inquire whether or not the
Commonwealth Attorney may not file ala
information under the above recited section
against parties doing business without Eli-
license? And whether or not, in the event
the Judge of the Hastings Court decides
against such information, the case may not
be taken by the Commonwealth upon a writ
of error to the Supreme Court of the State ?
If this course can be pursued, why should
it not be adopted against all persons yiolat-
ing the license laws? Very respectfully,
Signed FITZHUGH LEE.
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FROM yvASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. y, 1887.

Especial Correspondence OF the Alexa. 1AZETTE.J
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. II, 1887.
Attorney General Ayres, of Virginia, was
seen Juggling away at the metropolitan Ho-
tel telephone yesterday morning, trying 10
GET connection with the ULi;ed States court
rooms at Alexandria, so rs 10 reach the ear
of Mr.. VIM. l. Royal, counsel of the bond
holders in the matter of the motion now
pending before Circuit Judge Bond TO annul
!, late order of District Judge Hughes re-
ouiripg a teaderer OF coupons for taxes to
file his coupons when so rendered in the
clerks office. there TO await final action on
the csse. Whilst making 30 confession Of
the fact, the Attorney General is evidently
firing of his losing fight in the cause of re-
pudia,ion and against the plain edicts OF
the Supreme Court Of the nation. The At
torney General, as one having eyes, is COM
PEELED to see not only that the Riddleterger
debt settlement is poweries5 10 settle the
great questions aimed at, but that he, as the
legal representative and mouth.pece Of
Virginia, is being impelled, by mischiev
ous clauor. to become himself law break
or. in thxt he is studiously warning against
the Supreme law of the land, and by his
example encouraging others to the same
uupatriotic disobedience. 1t is believed
that Ayres who is q reasonable and sensl-
bic man, Is tired OF the unequal contention
forced on him by unwise surroundings, and
feels that the Appomattox of the situation
is nearly reached. He evidently has 3
heavy heart, aud when asked of the prog
ress of the suite, replied with an ominous
movement of the head, indicating that, as
pilot of the ship, he feared the breakers
were almost in sight. When asked his
opinion of the effect of General Walkers
late letter in condemnation of the democrat
ic party. he frankly ayowed that republi
canism appeared to be fourishing in the
once famous stronghold of that party in the
southwest. He, however, thought there
was such an incubus in the matter Of lead
ership and other things weighing down the
republicans of the State that their road to
victory was still d thorny one. AS to any
permanent union of two such ambitious and
combative men as Generals Malone and
Walker in the management of the same
party, he thought that quite unlikely, as
each would be more apt to flock by himself
than with the other.
Many of the members of the West Virgin
ia Legislature now come to this city to take
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, the
nearest route to the capital of their State.
Senator Camden went with some of them to
the Corcoran art gallery the other day, and
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COMMON COUNCIL.

a regular meeting OF the Common Council OF
the city OF Alexandria held on the 11th day OF
January, 1887, there were present: Mos'rs
Aitcheson, snowden Fisher, Goodrich Whiting
Harrison, Uhler and Strider.
The President being absent, Mr.. Snowden was
chosen President pro TEN.
It was resolved that the sum of $40. or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, be, and Is
hereby appropriated to pay the judgment in favor
of John w. Green rendered at the October term
Of the Court of Appeals.
Upon the bill OF Fl. w. Newly, of S102, for SER
vices rendered upon tina construction of Princess
street sewer, the Committee on Streets reported
in favor of the payment Of 500, which report was
adopt d
The following were received from the Board of
Aldermen and their action thereon concurred in,
viz The favorable reports of the Committee on
Streets upon the following Resolution to require
the Virginia Midland Railway Company to COM
pletc lhe east end of the tunnel, the petition Of
Frederick Psff for permission to erect g frame
.b!e in the rear Of his dwelling, and the petition
of F. f Corbett to have the curb reset and gutter
payed on the east side of Fairfax street from
,amieson's alley to Cameron street bill of James
Entwisle jr., for S4096 an act to increase the
salary Of the Superintendent of Gas, and COM
nic.tion from the Mayor and accompanying
papers from the American Coal Company.
The Board then adjourned.
Teste: JAMES 3. CATION. Clerk.
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ALEX ANDRIA-.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10.

GEN. WALKER who, as heretofore an
noupced in the GAZETTE, has left the dem
ocratic party, says protective tariff Is
what Virginia needs" But Virginia has
had protective tariff ever since the close
of the war, and yet her farmers, the vast
majority of her people, say they find it hard
er to make both ends meet now than ever
before. The General is entirely wrong.
What Virginia needs is q revenue tariff. AS
il is now, Virginia farmers have to sell in
the cheapest and buy in the dearest market,
have to pay tax on every thing they buy,
while nobody has to pay tax on what the
farmers sell; aud besides, have the foreign
market for their products restricted by req
son of measures adopted by foreign govern
ments in retaliation for the tax imposed by
this government upon foreign products.
Then, too. the General should know that
owing to the natural Disadvantages of the
North for manufacturing purposes, the pro-
tective tariff is the only means by which
manufacturing iu that section can be con-
Quoted pro6tably, and that were that tariff
removed, Northern manufacturers would be
compelled to move their plants South. and
avail themselves of the superior msnufactur.
ing facilities of this section, in order 20 be
able to compete successfully with foreign
competitors. The natural advantages OF
the South for nil kinds of manufacturing
are so great, that with The tariff, removed SC
as to throw open to her products the mar
kets of other countries, she would distance
not only Northern but foreign competitors
and soon become the storehouse Of the com
mercal world.
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MEMS GF TEE DNY.

The Marquis OF Queens;nry win make no
defence to his wife's suit for divorce.
The AlcazAr Palace, in Toledo, Spain, was
totally destroyed by the fire on Sunday.
A bill for the relief of Commodore TTux-
ton has been introduced in TIE Senate.
The prospect Of coal famine in New
York and Brooklyn grows daily more serl-
Gus.
Negotiations are said to have been con-
Guided with China to prevent the introduc
ton Of coolie labor into this country.
The clause for the extension Of Massachu
sets avenue in the District appropriation
bill has been killed by the House committee.
The Senate in secret session yesterday
adopted resolution advising the President
to enter into negotiations with Nicaragua
for concessions for an irteroceanic canal.
The National Wholesale Druggists Asso'
caliou Of the United States, representing
over one hundred million dollars OF capital,
has issued petitions to Congress iavoring
the repeal of the internal revenue law.
The ball given last plight by Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Garrett in honor of the completion
of their new residence on Mt. Vernon Place,
Baltimore, was magnificent from every point
of view, the house itself being artistically
beautiful, the decorations rich, the music
delightful, the flowers rare and costly, the
dresses lovely, the women lovelier and the
surroundings luxurious. The guests were
from Washington, New York, Philadelphia,
and from different parts of Maryland In
dazzling brilliancy the ball compared favor
ably with the great Vanderbilt ball in New
York several years ago.
The greatest fight that the New Jersey
Legislature ever experienced took place
yesterday in the State House. Party prtju-
dice and personal feeling overpowered all
courtesy, and the Assembly Chamber be-
came the scene Of most disgraceful riot
At two distinct times mob law prevailed in
the Assembly and on the second occasion
order was only restored, after hand-to-
hand fight, by hasty adjournment. Hth-
erto the democrats have presented an I'M
broken 'front.' and Abbett's election for Sen
ator was predicted confidently, but now the
disruption in the democratic camp compli'
Gates the situation more than ever.
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RIOT AT NEWPORT NEws.-Information
has been received that the eight hundred
steyedores in the employ of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company, at Newport
News, have organized and refused to pe--
nit three hundred of the strikers who want
to 90 back to work to do SO. The strikers
bave taken possession CT one Of the
large wharves, and hold it now. The Gov
ernor has ordered to the scene one company
ofthe First Virginia Regiment aud one from
Hampton and one from Lynchburg. The
striking stevedores are mostly colored.
They have fred several Of the warehouses
there, aud the town is in great excitement.
As yet there has been 10 bloodshed, hut
collision is feared The military left Rch
mond after midnight, under command Of
Brisadier General Anderson, who will have
charge of the military operations. IL is
that the timely arrival of The mill
tary may prevent bloodshed and damage.
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Fall ola Bridge.

ADRIAN, Mich, Jan. 1.-THE iron pas
senger bridge spanning Raisen river, con.
Meeting the two principal portions of the
village of Blissfeld, ten miles east of thi;
place, fell yesterday, intense cold causing
Theron to contract and draw upon the sup
ports. William Slack and Charles Quigley
with herd of cattle, were precipitated tc
the ice below. Both men are injured IA
tally.
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l have been a severe sufferer from catarrh for
the past fifteen years, with distressing pain over
my eyes. Gradually the disease worked down
upon my lungs About year and half ago
commenced using Elys Cream Balm, with most
gratifying results, and am to-day apparently
cured-Z. C. WARREN, Rutland, VT.
My daughter and myself great sufferers from
catarrh, have been cured by Ely's Cream Balm.
My sense of smell restored and health greatly i'm
proved.-C. NJ STANLEY, Merchant, Ithaca, N Y,
Easy to use Price SO cents.
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MONETARY AND coNMEBoT,1

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-1'he stock market ~.
weak at the opening III S morning, first price. 10
ing from Is to 81 per c.nt below the closing Il.
ures Of last evening the latter in Richmond and
West Point The market " dnl and the trIl
of the business done WAS confined to half 5o,sa
stocks, conspicuous among which wss Richmond
and Vest Point. Prices were generally ted r.
firm, with fluctuations confined within a y.rr
narrow range, except in Richmond ami we'
Point, which showed decided strength. and r,ss
81. per cent from the opening price Toward II
o'clock the market became much more sc,iy.
and prices declined below the opening asp,..
Money easy st ..
BALrIMoaE, Jan. 12.-yirginia Gs cousoi..
with coupon 90; do 10 l0s with coupon A p,..
due coupons 90; do new IS 81 bid to-day.
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TIE STORIES recently sent, ostensibly
from this city, but in all probability from
Washington, about Ex-Governor Smith, the
Nevil-Randolph duel, and the selection OF
the readjuster candidate for Governor OF
Virginia by means Of game of cards. show
that the writer thereof has an Imagination
which if cultivated would put him in the
forefront OF the romancists Of the age
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Fire.

BALTIMORE, Nd, January 12.-Fire this
morning partially destroyed the warehouse
of the Northern Central Railroad Company
occupied by the Empire Transportation
Liue. Two cars were destroyed damage
So 900; no insurance. Several fremen were
injured by the falling of the walls.
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GENERAL WALKER is az right on the
State debt a. he IS wrong on protective
tariff. Why ordinarily sensible people
should persist in opposing the mandates OF
the United States Supreme Court, and
who, while protesting to have the States
interest at heart, should do all they can to
enable man to pay hundred thousand
dollars of Virginia tax bills with one hun
bred dollars OF Virginia coupors, and still
retain poss ession of those same identical
coupons, is one Of the chief puzzles Of this
puZZling age.
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Deati, clifford Iddesleiglp.

LONDON, Jan. 12-Lord Iddesleigh is
dead. He was taken suddenly i'll while in
consultation with Lord Salisbury, and died
in few minutes.
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Safe, reliable, harmless, and cheap is DR..
Bnll's Cough Syrup. We do not wonder at
its popularity.
"He saw before him the Gladiator die
Yes, and he wouldn't perhaps, if there had
only been sensible man to rub him well
with Salvation OIL
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Joseph and Charles Surge, corn mer
chants and millers of Birmingham anC
Gloucester, England, have failed for $3.50,
900.
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fit is a case of cut or bruise or break, OF
sprain, Salvation Oil will settle matters for
25 cents.
A shipwrers-tl .si'ar voting fer s.'i i
like hus;"e-s MIA sitting al home and
nursing cnnsb or cold Gil DIR. Bale
Cough Syrup and be cured.